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After four demanding days of play, the Unibet Open Marrakech Main Event has crowned its champion. French player Maxime Parys, known online as “Dabou,” outlasted a field of 853 entries to take down the title at Casino de Marrakech.
Parys faced significant adversity throughout the final day, at one point being reduced to just five big blinds after a tense hand against an opponent whose cards had been exposed preflop. Rather than folding under pressure, he described the moment as a “second life,” drawing on past experience of recovering from short stacks in tournaments.
A pivotal turning point came when Parys rivered a flush holding A♥10♥ to crack the tens of an opponent known as Moneyhunter, a hand that energized his rail and shifted momentum firmly in his favor. He went on to secure knockouts that trimmed the field from five players to four, and later from three to two, before ultimately defeating Benjamin Hammann heads-up.
For his victory, Parys will take home 1,375,000 MAD, combining 1,125,000 MAD from a heads-up deal with an additional 250,000 MAD awarded to the eventual winner. The result marks the second-largest cash of his career, according to The Hendon Mob.
Throughout the final table, Parys was supported by an unusually vocal rail, whose cheers accompanied nearly every hand he won. Speaking to PokerNews in French afterward, he credited his team for carrying him through the grueling 11-hour session.
Despite having live cashes dating back to 2014, Parys noted this was his first legitimate live tournament title, excluding an earlier freeroll win. The victory cements his growing reputation among peers as a formidable opponent at the felt.
